diff --git a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
index 82c4d2f70d..52de73aee6 100644
--- a/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/signer/src/ecdsa.rs
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ impl Keypair {
         PublicKey(self.0.public_key().serialize())
     }
 
+    /// Obtain the [`SecretKey`] part of this key pair. This should be kept secret.
+    pub fn secret_key(&self) -> SecretKeyBytes {
+        *self.0.secret_key().as_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Sign some message. These bytes can be used directly in a Substrate `MultiSignature::Ecdsa(..)`.
     pub fn sign(&self, message: &[u8]) -> Signature {
         self.sign_prehashed(&sp_crypto_hashing::blake2_256(message))
diff --git a/signer/src/eth.rs b/signer/src/eth.rs
index dec98976a4..bc92d51029 100644
--- a/signer/src/eth.rs
+++ b/signer/src/eth.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ impl Keypair {
             .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidSeed)
     }
 
+    /// Obtain the [`ecdsa::SecretKeyBytes`] of this keypair.
+    pub fn secret_key(&self) -> SecretKeyBytes {
+        self.0.secret_key()
+    }
+
     /// Obtain the [`eth::PublicKey`] of this keypair.
     pub fn public_key(&self) -> PublicKey {
         let uncompressed = self.0 .0.public_key().serialize_uncompressed();